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3 Reasons to Keep Your Kids Away from the All-You-Can-Eat Buffet

by Daphne | Nov 13, 2016 | Behavior and Discipline, Family Fun Facts

I still cringe when I think back to our family vacation, 2013, and the shocked look on my then 7 year olds face as we watched another child attack the all-you-can-eat buffet with reckless abandon. I’m not sure if it was the sheer quantity of quickly consumed...

How to Be an Amazing Homeroom Parent

by Daphne | Oct 15, 2016 | Behavior and Discipline, Family Fun Facts

As a parent of two kids, the season of fall fills our home with a flurry of excitement and many countdown days. It seems no sooner does school begin, the kids start to count down the days until winter break But, in the middle of it all comes Halloween. Ah yes, the...

5 Summer Foods You Should Not Give Your Child

by Daphne | Jul 8, 2016 | Family Fun Facts, Health & Safety

Summer foods. Families are in the groove having swapped out the book bag and lunch box for pool-noodles and picnic baskets. And, while many parents follow a routine meal plan during the school year, a carefree mindset kicks in once the last bell rings in June. Enter...

3 Reasons Why Your Kids Should Eat the Pumpkin Pie Before the Turkey

by Daphne | Nov 22, 2015 | Behavior and Discipline, Health & Safety

Whether it be around the holiday table, at a restaurant, during a birthday party or in the course of an every day dinner, parents everywhere struggle with their children about finishing their meal before having a treat or dessert. Sure, who would not want to indulge...

6 Food Swaps to Help Calm the Overactive Child

by Daphne | Mar 27, 2015 | Family Fun Facts, Health & Safety

Hyperactive. Inattentive. Unfocused. Overactive. These are the labels one teacher put on my child when she was in kindergarten. As most mommies, I thought that can not be MY kid she is referring. As the weeks went on, the blips on behavior increased. Every few days a...